June 12, 2007
Students and professors changed in the classroom — plus graduation tips and news
Ceremony webcasts
We will webcast all commencements in two formats. During the ceremony, link from the home page. Later, watch on-demand webcasts on the Commencement 2007 site.
Graduation how-to, facts and fun
Graduates, their families and friends are all focused on degrees, caps and gowns this time of year. For more than 7,400 undergraduates, professional and graduate students at UC Davis, this is an exciting celebration of hard work and achievement. To mark the occasion, UC Davis puts on 12 spring ceremonies, scheduled through June 17. You can learn more about times, dates, places, renting caps and gowns, and historical trivia by taking a look below.
After long days and even longer nights of reading, writing, research and analysis, graduate student Zhongwei Cao turns in her biochemistry and molecular biology dissertation and hears the welcome sound of the celebratory bell from Dawne Shell, Graduate Studies student affairs officer. Zhongwei will be one of nearly 600 students walking in the Graduate Studies June 14 commencement. (Fredericka Parker/UC Davis photo)
General information and news
- Commencement 2007
Find general information for all degree candidates — map, contacts, links to the commencements at each school and college, on-demand videos of earlier 2007 graduation ceremonies
- Getting to campus
- "Almost 7,400 degrees awarded for 2006-07" (News Service 6.5.07)
Details on the 12 commencement ceremonies
- "Graduation speakers to offer ‘inspiring stories’" (Dateline, 6.8.07)
What our commencement speakers are telling the graduates this year
- "Gus Lee, Jack O'Connell among commencement speakers" (News Service, 5.15.07)
Ceremony speakers, times and places for the ceremonies
Services and graduation history
- UC Davis Bookstore services
(Almost) everything you ever wanted to ask about student cap and gown rental, accessories, sizes and announcements
- Factoids from the faculty cap and gown closet
Tips and advice
- "Commencement tips for a smooth celebration" (Aggie Family Pack, 6.2.06)
- "Why are commencement tickets limited?" (Aggie Family Pack FAQ)
- "Parent to parent: Graduation expectations" (Aggie Family Pack, June 2005)
- "Parent to parent: Financial independence" (Aggie Family Pack, March 2007)
- Aggie Family Pack's Graduation and Beyond
How-to ideas on preparing for the big day and then some tools for transitioning into life after college
On the home page: Plant scientist and lecturer Sham Goyal and students from his current class. Goyal, who for 18 years has taught students about high-performance liquid chromatography, says he continues to learn from his students. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis photo)